Text Features
This feature helps you find a specific topic or page in a book.
What is a table of contents?
The main idea is the most important ______ in a paragraph or text.
What is the topic?
This structure tells events in order.
What is sequence?
If a text is written to make you laugh, its purpose is to do this.
What is to entertain?
A book full of facts about whales falls into this genre.
What is non-fiction?
This part of a text usually provides definitions for important terms used.
What is a glossary?
After reading a passage, you summarize the text by identifying this key component.
What is the main idea?
This structure explains a problem and how it could be solved.
What is problem and solution?
A text that gives you facts about animals is written to do this.
What is to inform?
Newspapers, biographies, and textbooks belong to this type of literature.
What is non-fiction?
What is used at the bottom of an image to provide descriptions?
What is a caption?
This supports the main idea by providing more details or evidence.
What are supporting details?
This structure shows how two things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
An advertisement that wants you to buy a product aims to do this.
What is to persuade?
True or False: A biography is a type of fiction.
What is False?
This feature highlights important words in the text.
What are bold or italicized words?
When you combine the main idea with supporting details, you get this.
What is a summary?
Describing something in detail uses this structure.
What is description?
This purpose is meant to give directions or steps to follow.
What is to instruct or explain?
The difference in styles between fiction and non-fiction is primarily in this aspect.
What is content or factual accuracy?
A mini guide at the back of the book, providing where specific topics can be found within.
What is an index?
A sentence explicitly stating the main idea is known as this.
What is a topic sentence?
This structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
What is cause and effect?
An informational book explaining atomic structures is an example of this genre.
What is educational or scientific non-fiction?